Maggie Bryan is a Multimedia Journalist for KOAA News5 in Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
Right now, pretty much anyone can become a funeral director in Colorado. It's the only state in the nation that doesn't require funeral directors to be licensed.
The bill unanimously passed a Senate committee Tuesday afternoon after lawmakers heard testimony from mortuary science professionals and many family members whose loved ones were identified inside the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose. Jon and Carie Hallford, the co-owners of the funeral home, are accused of improperly storing 190 bodies and are facing charges including abuse of a corpse, money laundering, theft and forgery.
"It was obviously much needed and well past due," she said."The situation has to be a statement to say that this is enough, like we can't keep hearing stories like this."
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